Montana Governor puts moratorium on Front range gas leases

Governor Brian Schweitzer has put a six-month moratorium on energy leases on state lands along the Rocky Mountain Front. Hats off to the Governor for listening to the people and allowing time to find an alternative to wasting our public lands for the benefit of a few energy companies.

Ben Lamb from the Montana Wildlife Federation writes, “Developing some 800 acres will do nothing to reduce the price of oil, because it’s natural gas, not oil, that may or may not be located near the Front. Anyone who says different is pandering to the fears of a stressed population, and is making hay when the rest of Montana suffers for the benefit of an industry that is already running roughshod over the American public”.